Gürses Surname

33,339th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,931 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Gürses Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gürses Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey15,6191:4,982720
Germany1371:587,63147,553
Northern Cyprus1051:3,038450
Austria461:185,11823,639
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Iceland11:380,09011,096
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

The alternate forms: Gurses (213) are calculated separately.

Gürses (193) may also be a first name.

Gürses Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gürses Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gürses occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Gurses. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gürses? popularity and diffusion

It is the 33,339th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 457,444 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Gürses live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 80 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Gürses is also the 653,740th most prevalent given name on earth, held by 193 people.

The surname Gürses is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is borne by 15,619 people, or 1 in 4,982. In Turkey Gürses is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 25 percent live, Ankara Province, where 9 percent live and Izmir Province, where 5 percent live. Apart from Turkey this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent live.

Gürses Last Name Statistics demography

Gürses earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 4.52% less than the national average, earning 330,421 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gurses94213/
Gorses8350/
Gürsez8321/
Gürges8319/
Gourses779/
Gursses771/
Gorsesh770/
Gurges6774/
Gorces6733/
Gürgeç6716/
Gürceş677/
Gourssies676/
Gurces676/
Girsez671/
Gorsez671/
Gorzes671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gürses
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